Friday, November 22, 2024

Trump’s FCC has paved the way for a giant, local Fox News

Relaxed media consolidation rules have allowed Sinclair Broadcasting to buy Tribune Media, creating a local news behemoth with a conservative bent.

The tide is turning: Change and the coming of Maitreya

Spurred on by Trump's dismissal, I suddenly feel a wave of optimism, a rare thing!

These states are putting together Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women task forces

“Today we start with the signing of what should have happened centuries ago.”
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SPECIAL: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his own words

While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice.

The rise of Christian nationalism in America

Or maybe it's how to legislate evil and punish the poor.

Reporting on global crises like Amazon fires, media need to focus on who’s fighting...

It doesn’t matter so much how many reports corporate media write; if the same people stay at the center of them, the story won’t change.

On Father’s Day: Poor Alphonse

“But other men were not my father. He never once stopped loving me his entire life.”

A small act of scientific civil disobedience

Big science publications put important peer-reviewed research behind expensive paywalls. But some scientists have found creative ways around them.

A tale of American hubris

Or five lessons in the history of American defeat.

Why care about undocumented immigrants? For one thing, they’ve become vital to key sectors...

These workers play vital roles in the U.S. economy, erecting American buildings, picking American apples and grapes, and taking care of American babies. Oh, and paying American taxes.